As we grow our childcare workforce, we want to encourage childminders to stay and flourish in the profession.

Our start-up grant gives newly-registered childminders up to £1,200.

We want to hear how we can support those in roles. Take the consultation⬇️
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Over 210,000 two-year-olds are now benefitting from this government's largest expansion of childcare.

That means 👇

✅ More families saving money on childcare costs
✅ More children getting high-quality early years education
✅ More parents able to get back into work

RE-ELECTED

Congratulations to Matthew Barber who has been re-elected as Police & Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley.

For the full results and for Matthew's reaction, visit ⏩thamesvalley-pcc.gov.uk/news/matthew-b…

Huge congratulations to my friend Ben Houchen.

Tees Valley want us to stick with the plan that's working:

Jobs up.
Airport saved.
Steelmaking back.
Darlington Economic Campus.

Excited for Ben to keep delivering more jobs and opportunities for local people.

Labour have admitted their ill-thought out policy of VAT on private school fees would see families who have a child with special educational needs at an independent special school whacked with 20% extra costs 👇

'I’m confident that the qualification will have a positive impact on our schools, teachers and pupils'

🎓 David Johnston OBE MP
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I'm asking for your support to continue the work to keep Thames Valley safe. On Thursday 2nd May you decide who will be your Police & Crime Commissioner. 🗳️

The next PCC will be responsible for a budget of over £584m and holding the Chief Constable to account on your behalf.

Labour have sniped about our childcare expansion for months, saying it wouldn't work.

We've now delivered the first stage of it, with 200,000 benefitting from 15 hrs a week childcare for their 2-yr-olds.

And Labour are once again exposed as having no plan, no policy and no idea

What's Labour response when you say they should have a plan for childcare?

'It's not our job'.

The Conservatives are the only party with a plan to support families with the cost of childcare.

Labour have sniped about our childcare expansion for months, saying it wouldn't work.

We've now delivered the first stage of it, with 200,000 benefitting from 15 hrs a week childcare for their 2-yr-olds.

And Labour are once again exposed as having no plan, no policy and no idea

Having hit the milestone of 150,000 children benefitting from this Government's expansion of childcare at the beginning of the month, we are delighted to see more than 195,000 2-yr-olds now receiving their 15 hours.

Community energy projects can help us reach net zero while benefitting local areas 🏠💚

Today the government is launching a consultation to better understand barriers facing these groups and wider issues affecting the sector.

Learn more 👇
gov.uk/government/cal…

Labour: 'the Conservatives childcare expansion won't work...we need to move away from the hours model...we'll have a childcare plan like the creation of the NHS'.

Reality: Labour still have no plan.

And as 150,000 children begin to benefit from ours, the contrast is clear 👇

🎯 NEWS: We've now hit our target of 150,000 more children benefitting from government childcare support this week.

But this is only the start, with thousands more families benefitting in the months ahead as we deliver the largest expansion of childcare in our country's history.

As promised, 150,000 children and their parents are now benefitting from the first stage of this Government's expansion of childcare.

By September 2025, working families will be able to benefit from 30 hrs a week from when their children are 9 months old until they start school.

💷💷💷 £133 a week 💷💷💷

That’s how much, on average, a family will save from the government’s full expansion of childcare provision in September 2025.

That’s equivalent to 👇

Justine Roberts, Chief Executive of Mumsnet shares her thoughts on our expansion of childcare for working parents of two-year-olds👇

15 months ago Labour promised their childcare plan would be 'like the creation of the NHS'.

In reality, they have no plan.

And as 150,000 parents start benefitting this month from the first 15 free hours of childcare for their 2 yr olds, Labour now need to answer these Qs 👇

Clare Roberts OBE, Chief Executive of @_kidsplanet shares her thoughts on our expansion of childcare for working parents of two-year-olds👇

Michelle Kennedy, Chief Executive of Peanut App shares her thoughts on our expansion of childcare for working parents of two-year-olds👇